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7.15 Apna Hi
Ghar Samajhiye : for Asians BBC Birmingham long wave only
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7.50 The Shape of God
DEACONESS SHELAGH BROWN (John 17, vv 1-11) long wave only
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Religious news
Presenter Clive Jacobs Producer JOHN NEWBURY long wave only

PETER BARKWORTH appeals on behalf of Guideposts
Trust, a charity which is helping those people who have recovered from mental illness to find a home and a new way of life in the community.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: Peter Barkworth , Guideposts Trust,
[address removed]
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8.59 Continental Travel Information

for Ascension Sunday from Rosemary
Presbyterian Church. Belfast, conducted by THE REV JOHN DUNLOP
Readings: Ephesians 1, vv Sb-12, 18-23;
Revelations 13, vv 1-10 Hymns: (CH 3) Ye gates, lift up your heads (566); Rejoice, the Lord is King (296); Lord of creation, to thee be all praise! (428); At the name of Jesus (300)
Anthem: Thou art gone up on high (Rogers)
Organist and choirmaster NORMAN FINLAY
BBC Northern Ireland

Omnibus edition. Directed by ANTON GILL. Producer WILLIAM SMETIRIRST
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
BBC Birmingham

June Knox-Mawer meets John Murray. seventh generation of the famous publishing family, and his wife Virginia, who supervises the Murray Archives; and presents some highlights from Woman's Hour.

by J. R. R. TOLKIEN prepared for radio in 26 episodes by BRIAN SIBLEY starring
13: The King of the Golden Hall
' We will set out to Edoras together,' said Aragorn. But I do not doubt that you will come there before me, if you wish. And this I also say,
Gandalf: you are our captain and our banner. The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads.'
With the AMBROSIAN SINGERS Music composed and conducted by STEPHEN OLIVER
Episode adapted by BRIAN SIBLEY. Directed by PENNY LEICESTER
(Repeated: Wed 10.30 pm) (Gerard Murphy is a member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company)

Michael Smith invites three experts,
John Armstrong. Gail Duff and Katie Stewart. to answer listeners' questions on any aspect of food and drink. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
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Presenter Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
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visits Yorkshire where members of the Adel
Horticultural Society put their questions to Clay Jones
Bill Sowerbutts and Professor Alan Gemmell
Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 10.2 am)

These Amateur Theatricals
A Russian comedy of provincial life by EUGENE CHIRIKOV , in an English version bv BASIL ASHMORE.
An accomplished actor from Moscow is forced to stay in a small town to recuperate. He takes over as Director of the local amateur theatre group, raising in the members, hopes and ambitions beyond their dreams.
For some it is a magical experience, but for others it produces problems ...

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Denmark: Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Soren Sorensen (Professor of Music at Aarhus University) and Claus Toksvig (journalist and broadcaster)

England: Gordon Clough (Chairman) with Irene Thomas and John Julius Norwich

BBC Manchester

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Wildlife news with Gwyn Richards
Producer JOHN HARRlSON BBC Bristol
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Margaret Percy with your criticismsandcomments on the BBC.
Producer JOHN SKRINE
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Brian Johnston visits the historic market town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. He goes to its ruined Abbey connected with St Edmund and Magna Carta, the livestock market which does a big trade in pigs. a sugar beet factory, a fascinating clock museum and he meets an unusual craftsman, a man who makes bows for violins. Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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including Continental Travel Information

(Details. Wed 12.27 pm)

Born on 31 May 1889, and having made her first stage appearance in 1909, Athene Seyler is still ' a working actress '. In conversation with Bamber Gascoigne , she talks of her career in the theatre. Producer JOHN TYDEMAN (First broadcast in 1968)

Frank Delaney introduces the magazine programme about the books you read, borrow and buy, both new and old, from classics to comics.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON (Repeated: Thurs 4.15 pm)

BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDREW MASSEY
NEIL BLACK (oboe)
Haydn Symphony No 55. in E flat (The Schoolmaster) Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto
Wagner Overture: Rienzi BBC Manchester

by Stella Gibbons, adapted for radio in four parts by Elizabeth Proud
In which Flora's plots begin to thicken and she seems to be making headway over the tidying-up of the farm. But she has reckoned without Aunt Ada Doom...
With Patricia Gallimore

(Repeated: Tues 3.2 pm)

A history in 26 parts 23: Jutland
In 1916 the steel battleship fleets of Britain and Germany met in the first and last great
Dreadnought gun-battle. Readers MICHAEL SHANNON , LEONARD MAGUIRE and ANTHONY HALL. Special sound by DICK MILLS, BBC Radiophonic Workshop Programme consultant and presenter Peter Nailor , Professor of History. Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Compiled and directed by MICHAEL MASON

Devised and narrated by H. Colin Davis on 12 good people of his choice.
7: Gerard Manley Hopkins

Clive Jacobs asks how we should relate to pets.
Do they take a place in our lives that ought to be occupied bv people?
Written and researched by Peter Taylor.
Producer DAVID WINTER

Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude